The Daily Mail reports that eight black teens from Philadelphia have been charged with felonies after robbing a Dick's Sporting Goods store while in Florida for a football tournament. What makes this case unusual is that the Sheriff in Florida has released their names and photographs. The teens, all 14 or 15 years of age, are: Daimon Johnson; Elijah Myers; Ibm-Mahdee Abdul-Haqq; Jacob Smith; Marcus Hudgens; Mark Bryan; Tymir Smith and Tymir Speller. Per the article:
Judd said that when the teenagers were arrested at the store, their football coach raced to the scene to try and convince officers not to take them into custody.
The sheriff said deputies were not impressed that the coach tried to 'beg them out of it instead of holding them accountable.'
'They were not taking bubble gum, one piece to chew. They stole over $2,000 worth of products, over 47 different products,' he added.
The championship game was held hours after the arrests.
Their team lost 26-6.
"Their team lost 26-6."
ReplyDeleteSome small measure of justice for the incompetent, inattentive coach.
It’s sad that these were his best players.
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